In the grand hall of the royal palace at the bottom of the lake.
"Young Master Wang, after days of careful consideration and repeated discussions, we have finally decided to accept your terms and relocate our entire clans to the Xuanhuang World outside.
"However, this will be no easy undertaking.
"The Carp Clan, Crucian Carp Clan, Grass Carp Clan, Crab Clan, Giant Shrimp Clan, River Clam Clan, Snail Clan, Loach Clan, and Walking Catfish Clan-
"Our nine great clans have a combined population of more than a million!
"Young Master Wang, are you truly certain you can take all of us out together?"
The Carp King and the other important figures stared intently at Wang Baishun, a trace of doubt and concern in every pair of eyes.
After all, this concerned the survival of their entire clans. They could not afford the slightest carelessness.
After a heated discussion, only these nine great clans had ultimately been willing to take the risk and relocate together.
Many other clans, both large and small, had chosen to remain where they were, fearing that disaster awaited them outside-that someone would go back on their word and pen them up as cultivation resources or food.
For the Carp King and the others, they had been trapped here for far, far too long, as though the day they could finally rise above their plight would never come.
Now, even with only a thirty-percent chance of success, they would throw themselves into the attempt without hesitation.
Besides, to ensure mutual safety and trust, they would swear oaths to one another, sign contracts, and so forth when the time came.
Those safeguards greatly improved their security. Even if disaster truly struck one day, they would bloom as brilliantly as fireworks, detonating themselves together and shattering Wang Baishun's